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Winner — 1990

BASANT SINGH
JD· National Front
JD 35.1%CPI 33.9%23 others 31.0%
Votes
32,590
35.1% share
Winning margin
1,162
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
25
Turnout
48.0%
of 1,92,978

Dumraon was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,162 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

25 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BASANT SINGH
National Front
32,59035.1%
2
SURAJ PRASAD
Left
31,42833.9%
3
MADAN PAL
IPF
16,48317.8%
4
HRIDYA NARAYAN SHARMA
INC
4,2874.6%
5
SANJAY KUMAR TEWARY
IND
2,6252.8%
6
KAMALBASH RAI
1,6231.8%
7
RAM KUMAR UPADHYAY
IND
1,0731.2%
8
PASHUPAT NATH YADAV
IND
5800.6%
9
SHEO SHANKAR TEWARY
IND
3490.4%
10
NAND BEHARI SINGH
IND
2430.3%
11
ASHOK KUMAR KESHARI
IND
1890.2%
12
LAXMAN CHOWDHARY
IND
1760.2%
13
BARMESHWAR PATHAK
SOP(L)
1640.2%
14
BISHWANATH SAH
1260.1%
15
BRIJENDRA TEWARY
IND
1120.1%
16
RADHA KRISHNA YADAV
ICS(SCS)
1100.1%
17
SHEO PUJAN BARI
IND
890.1%
18
MAHESH TEWARY
IND
860.1%
19
BHOLI CHAMAR
IND
840.1%
20
RAMA SHANKAR TEWARY
IND
760.1%
21
SHARDA PRASAD
BKUS
650.1%
22
ALAKH NATH SINGH
IND
530.1%
23
MOHAN GOND
IND
390.0%
24
BHARAT SINGH
LKD(B)
380.0%
25
SACHCHIDA NAND CHOUBEY
IND
350.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (139th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.1% · max 32.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
139th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
73rd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
78th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 35.1%CPI 33.9%IPF 17.8%OTH 13.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,40,073
Density
769 / km²
Sex ratio
926 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,305 km²
SC population24.1%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.2%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.6%
Electricity11.5%
Sanitation21.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.5%
Children fully vaccinated89.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.2%
Children underweight (under 5)48.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.5%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.3%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance15.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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